Despite utilizing mystical cinematography, ghastly music, and modern genre tropes to their fullest, Elves, a Danish limited series found on Netflix, falls flat. Decorated with complex side characters and topped with unique monsters, the show manages to plant a seed of success that spruces up a lacking base but fails at combining horror and Christmas into a truly terrifying tree of film worth watching. B...

In the small town of Christmas, Oklahoma, Finley Brown has been blackmailed to give Arthur Chakrabarti Watercress and his Aunt Esha the best American Christmas ever. The novel “So This Is Christmas” by Tracy Andreen follows Finley as she must provide an itinerary of activities for Arthur and his aunt that include going on a sleigh ride, roasting chestnuts on an open fire, feeding reindeer, viewing...

The warm winter scents that create a cozy atmosphere in houses overrun with red and green decorations, really top off the Christmas spirit. Although some achieve the same Christmas spirit from lighting a candle, others choose to do so by baking a warm treat that produces not only a delectable smell, but also a yummy snack. These may come in a variety of forms from peanut butter blossoms, to simple suga...

The podcast team at the Lantern has developed a review of some of the best songs of the Christmas season, and identifies here the top fifteen of those classic tunes